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Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Cultivating a Spirit-Controlled Life, Part 1

Insight for Living Daily Broadcast

Chuck Swindoll - Insight for Living

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Religious And Spirituality, 507918

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Paul desires for all Christians to experience God’s leading and fearless intimacy with Him every day. While not always easy, choosing obedience and Spirit-led living brings blessing. Tune in to hear Pastor Chuck Swindoll teach how a Spirit-controlled mind-set leads to abundant life (Romans 8). Examine the changes that occur when the Holy Spirit is in control of your life. Give God full control. Prioritize obedience and let Him sanctify you.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Picture a caged hamster spinning frantically on his wheel, running tirelessly yet getting absolutely nowhere.

0:16.5

Sound familiar? That's the perfect image of countless Christians today, exhausting themselves trying to

0:22.4

earn God's approval through endless effort and good works. Today, on Insight for Living,

0:28.4

Chuck Swindall unveils the far better method spelled out in Romans 8. God's counterintuitive plan

0:34.7

has nothing to do with our frantic spinning.

0:37.8

It's about surrender, releasing our white-knuckled grip and letting the Holy Spirit take over.

0:44.1

Isn't it time to quit trying so hard?

0:46.5

Chuck called his message, cultivating a spirit-controlled life. We're in a section of scripture in Romans 8 that is one of those all-important places in our Bibles.

1:06.0

And if we're not careful, we'll just let it pass by and not realize that this is, in fact,

1:14.8

if not the, one of the major secrets of living the life God designed for us to live.

1:22.1

He doesn't yell, he doesn't shout, he doesn't scream, he doesn't put it in bold font,

1:28.1

he doesn't double-size the't put it in bold font. He doesn't double size the letters.

1:30.8

He just puts it here and says, now, read it and then do it by my power.

1:38.2

Romans 8, 12.

1:41.0

So then, brethren, we are under obligation not to the flesh to live according to the flesh,

1:46.0

for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die.

1:52.0

But if by the spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

2:00.0

For all who are being led by the spirit of God, these are sons of God.

2:05.6

You have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again,

2:11.6

but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out,

2:18.3

Abba, Father.

2:23.3

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit

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